Joe and I are obsessed with Disney movies. Mostly the ones we remember from our childhood. However our parents own the ones we would watch over and over again when we were little and now that we are adults, we have made it our goal to own the entire Disney movie collection. (all the feature films; both animation and live action and all the shorts.) There are so many of them and they continue to make more, so we've got our work cut out for us. We've come up with "random-disney-movie day," (RDM day). We pick out a "date night", we grab our Disney encyclopedia and head to F.Y.E. Once there, we search the Disney section for the oldest movie, we don't already own. (The one who finds the oldest movie, also decides what snacks we munch on while we watch it!)
The Disney encyclopedia, has an index that list all the movies and the year it was released. What a great find that book was! Its just a fun way to start a "date night" and we have a great time trying to guess which movie is older.
I had yesterday off, so we made it a RDM day!! I started out the race with a Davy Crockett collection of films, all released in the 1960's...but Joe soon challenged me with Dumbo. One of the top 10 oldest animations, released in 1951. I thought I had been defeated...however after 15 minutes of "never give-up" searching, I found Alice in Wonderland, released in 1941!!! Yeah, I won!! (By the way, we ate peanut butter M&M's and kettle-corn popcorn. The ultimate prize!)
We've been doing RDM day for about 8 months and we've increased our collections quite a bit. Of course once we find the oldest movie in the section, we still browse for some of our favorites and if its a good deal, we pick that movie up as well. Some of our favorite finds are: Pete's Dragon, The Absent-minded Professor, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Aristocats and many others. **We also pick up the ones that we know will head back into the Disney vault shortly.**
RMD days are my favorite. Just thought you should know!
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